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Recent Examples of hope chest
Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hope chest
Noun
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In June 2025, the caisson program restarted following an $18 million overhaul by the Army.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 2025
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The refurbishment included a complete overhaul, including a paint job, the repairing of caisson cracks, window and door replacements, cleaning and re-pointing of the foundation masonry, restoring all wood floors, and reconstruction of the intermediate landing between the bridge and gangway.—
Michael P. McKinney,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Theme a room with on-trend color drenching, wallpaper, or the classic jewel box look.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
6 Jan. 2026
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And a vodka-and-caviar server designed to cradle a 50-gram tin is both functional and fantastical, a jewel box for roe.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Witnessing Malinin fall is akin to seeing Simone Biles miss a vault or Victor Wembanyama miss a dunk.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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To accessorize her attire, Queen Mary added historic jewelry pieces from Denmark’s royal vault.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Still, one individual serving time there noted to him that roughly 40% of inmates don’t have sufficient balances in their canteen accounts to purchase food.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
21 Nov. 2025
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In 2023, the aesthete also collaborated with Italian leather accessories firm Il Bisonte for a set of luxurious canteen-style trays.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That breaks down as 30 by the back door landing on bags of beans and rice; 40 by the three-compartment sink and dry storage shelves, landing on spices and dirty dishes; 10 by a kitchen prep table; 10 under another prep table; 10 by the walk-in freezer and steam table; and two by the front counter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The facility had no sanitizer in the sanitizing compartment of the dishwashing sink.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.—
David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
16 Sep. 2017
Noun
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The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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Put all hard copies in a safe-deposit box or keep them at a separate property, or store all documentation in the cloud (never hurts to do both!).—
Janet Arzt,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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“Hope chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope%20chest. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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